Agencies May Merge on Environment

Connections between AIDS and homelessness.

Although the links between health and environment are well known, interventions that target these associations in order to improve health are rare. Health and social service agencies often function independently of one another, maintaining separate, unlinked databases. For example, relationships among homelessness, AIDS, and tuberculosis have been noted, but services have not focused on the int...

Using Multiple Imputation to Integrate and Disseminate Confidential Microdata

In data integration contexts, two statistical agencies seek to merge their separate databases in one file. The agencies also may seek to disseminate data to the public based on the integrated file. These goals may be complicated by the agencies’ need to protect the confidentiality of database subjects, which could be at risk during the integration or dissemination stage. This article proposes s...

Semantic Information Exchange: Merging disparate data through semantic reconciliation

The need for merging disparate information in real-time is especially acute in government agencies. For example, the Environmental Protection Agency is charged with monitoring and governing actions by private enterprise that could possibly harm the common water supply or the air quality. Being able to collect and merge information from hundreds of databases, across the federal, state and tribal...

merge of translation vol.17- No.3 June 2020

merge cover ijfs- vol.17-no.3 June 2020